Texas to require EV chargers to use Tesla technology

June 22, 2023

The Texas Department of Transportation will require EV charging companies to include both Tesla's standard charging plug as well as the nationally recognized…

Rivian adopts Tesla’s charge ports to access Supercharger network

June 21, 2023

Rivian Automotive Inc., an Irvine, California based EV manufacturer, has signed an agreement with Tesla to provide Rivian drivers access to Tesla's…

ABM teams with Noodoe on branded EV charging stations

June 20, 2023

ABM, a global provider of facility services, infrastructure solutions and parking management, has introduced branded electric vehicle products, including ABM…

South Korea manufacturer to add North American connector to EV charging stations

June 20, 2023

SK Signet, a South Korea based provider of electric vehicle charging solutions, will add the North American Charging Standard connection capabilities to the…

Indian railway to feature UPI enabled ticket machines

June 13, 2023

Riders on RAPIDX, India's high speed regional rail service, will be able to use the country's unified payments interface, known as UPI, to buy tickets…

Tesla bids to become standard EV charging port

June 12, 2023

Tesla has made a bid to have the standard EV charger port in the U.S. by allowing other automakers to use its charging connector design. Steve Wilmot, a…

EV adoption: Open payment systems can make it happen

To drive EV adoption, the government should focus on more than infrastructure and physical accessibility. It needs to focus on seamless payments to ease the…

Palmer Digital Group launches EV charging solution

June 9, 2023

Palmer Digital Group, a digital signage firm, has announced the EV24-1C all-in-one EV charging solution, which integrates the Samsung OH24F outdoor display…

Korean EV charging station maker to open Texas manufacturing plant, create 183 jobs

June 7, 2023

SK Signet, a South Korea based manufacturer of EV charging stations, will open its first U.S. production facility in Plano, Texas, creating 183 manufacturing…

Blink Charging installs EV chargers in NYC metro region

June 6, 2023

Blink Charging Co. has installed 34 EV chargers at eight locations in Tuckahoe, New York, a village in Westchester County, according to a streetinsider.com…

Illinois awards $12.6M for 87 EV charging stations

June 6, 2023

EV charging stations will be built at 87 locations in Illinois under a $12.6 million Illinois EPA award to 10 applicants, according to a press release.

EVgo charging stations out of order Thursday

June 5, 2023

EV owners in southern Maine were unable to charge at EVgo charging stations Thursday on account of an outage affecting hundreds of EV charging stations…

Dublin airport updates bag drop kiosks

May 30, 2023

Ryanair, a European airline, has introduced six bag drop kiosks at Dublin Airport's Terminal 1, Area 13, according to a DublinLive report. The kiosks feature a…

Indiana BMV offers Spanish language option for self-serve kiosks

May 26, 2023

Indiana motorists will be able to use Bureau of Motor Vehicles kiosks in Spanish in addition to English, according to a press release.

South Carolina airport introduces check-in kiosks

May 26, 2023

Passengers at the Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport in Greenville, South Carolina will be able to check in for flights, print boarding passes and…

Consortium forms to improve EV charging solutions

May 25, 2023

The Joint Office of Energy and Transportation, which leverages expertise between the Department of Energy and the Department of Transportation to improve…

Vehicle registration kiosks expand in Georgia

May 24, 2023

Motorists in Hall County, Georgia can renew vehicle registrations at a self-serve kiosk inside a Kroger store at the Royal Lakes Marketplace in Flowery Branch…

Charlotte lands US headquarters for Italy EV charging station maker

May 24, 2023

Alpitronic, an Italy-based manufacturer of EV charging stations, will invest $18.3 million to build a 70,000-square-foot U.S. headquarters in Charlotte, North…

Travelex debuts FX ATMs at German airports

May 22, 2023

Travelex Ltd., a foreign exchange brand, recently introduced two bureaus at Frankfurt Airport and two at Schiphol Airport, all offering FX ATM services…

How the changing retail landscape drives demand for convenience services

by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times

As technology improves and new retail locations emerge, so do opportunities for convenience retail services in environments that have not traditionally offered…